[coreboot] [patch][v2] AMD Fam10 rev B3 microcode patches
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Wed Jul 23 17:18:32 CEST 2008
On 22.07.2008 20:39, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> On 22.07.2008 19:56, Marc Jones wrote:
>
>> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>> ...
>>
>>>> + (c) Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2004-2008
>>>> +
>>>> + The enclosed microcode is intended to be used with AMD
>>>> + Microprocessors. You may copy, view and install the
>>>> + enclosed microcode only for development and deployment of
>>>> + firmware, BIOS, or operating system code for computer
>>>> + systems that contain AMD processors. You are not
>>>> + authorized to use the enclosed microcode for any other
>>>> + purpose.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I trust that AMD is not going to hunt us down if we check out the
>>> complete svn tree (copy) with the intent to develop for non-AMD systems.
>>> Still, the legalese feels a bit weird.
>>>
>> You bring this up every time I update microcode patches. This has been
>> worked out in the past. The statement seems very straight forward to
>> me (but I am not a lawyer).
>>
>
> I wish to apologize. I can't seem to remember having made a similar
> statement in the past, but I'm not going to object the inclusion of this
> code. Go ahead.
>
I think I dug up the license objection you're referring to and it was
made by Stefan.
http://coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2008-April/033624.html
Anyway, you made the intent clear and I won't complain in the future.
Regards,
Carl-Daniel
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